Separable button



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H. LAWRENCE.

SEPARABLE BUTTON. N0. 250,082. Patented 1808281881.

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HENRY LAWRENCE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SEPARABLE BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,082, dated November 29, 1881.

Application led October 4,1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY LAWRENCE, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, h ave made certain new and useful Improvements in Separable Buttons, to be used on any kind of clothing.

The object ot' this invention is to construct abutton that can be attached and detached from the clothing at pleasure.

Figure lis a vertical section. Fig. 2 is a view of the upper disk and cross-section ot' the same. Fig.3 is aview of the lining of the top or head ot' the button, and also ot' same with shank. Fig. 4 is a view of the under disk and cross section of the same. Fig. hows the button attached to the garment, aiittdiferent steps in attaching it to the garment. Fig. 6 shows the bodkin used in attaching the button to the garlnent.

Similar letters of reierence refer to similar parts in the different drawings.

A,Fig.1, is the head ofthe button, t0 which is attached the hollow shank B. This shank terminates at the opposite end in an annular ring surrounding the extreme en-d,'extending over and downward, as shown at C, Fig. l.

D, Fig. 2, is a disk, having the elongated hole E cut therein in the form and shape as shown in the drawings."

F is a helical spring surrounding the hollow shank B, one end of which rests in the annular recess Gr in the head A, as shown in Fig. 1.

H is a dish shaped disk placed upon the shank B.

The spring E is placed in position on the shank B, as shown in Fig. l. The disk H is also placed in position. The bodkin,`made with a journal end and shoulder, as shown in Fig. 6, is inserted in the hollow shank of the button,

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as shown at I, Fig. 5, the shoulder extending beyond the annular ring C on the end of the shank. The garment is then pressed down over the sharp end ofthe loodkin, as shown at K, Fig. 5, until `it passes onto the shank, as shown at I, Fig. 5. The bodkin is then removed, and the disk D is placed in position on the end of the shank, as shown in Fig. l, and at O, Fig. 5. The larger part of the elongated hole E of the disk is laid over the end of thc shank and pressed down below thc annular ring C, when it is slipped along until the narrow portion ot' said hole embraces the shank. The central edge of the disk around the narrow part ot' said hole interlocks with the annular ring C, as shown in Fig. l, said inner edge being curved to interlock with said annular ring. The spring F expands and presses the disk H against the cloth, and thus holds the button tixcdly in position. To remove the button the disk D is pressed against, which compresses the spring F and allows the interlocking between the ring on shank B and disk D to be broken, when it can he removed from the shank, and the button can then be removed from the garment. It is not necessary that the disk D and ring C should be so made as to interlock, but may be made straight. The shank B can he made solid.

I claim- The combination of the head A, shank B, helical spring F, disk H, all being on one side of fabric, and the disk D and annular ring C, at end ot' shank B, being on the other side of fabric, all constructed and arranged substantially as shown and described.

' HENRY LAWRENCE.

Witnesses:

CHAs. D. GAYLoED, JAs. A. CowLEs. 

